Anastasia Insomniac & Malt Liquid Lipsticks Reviews, Photos, Swatches
Insomniac
Anastasia Insomniac Liquid Lipstick ($20.00 for 0.11 oz.) is a medium-dark, muted blue-teal with cool undertones and a flat, matte finish. The color payoff was fantastic with full, opaque coverage in a single layer. The color applied evenly and easily across my lips with a smooth, fluid consistency that wasn’t too thick or too thin. I very much appreciated that it was a non-traditional shade but still packed all the pigmentation it needed to have in order to go on beautifully. The color wore well for seven and a half hours and was a bit drying after five hours of wear.
Top Dupes
- Illamasqua Apocalips (P, $24.00) is warmer, glossier (90% similar).
- MAC Show and Teal (LE, $19.00) is lighter, brighter, glossier (90% similar).
- Fenty Beauty Turks and Caicos (P, $18.00) is lighter, warmer (85% similar).
- Sephora Stone Blue (104) (P, $14.00) is cooler (85% similar).
- ColourPop Dr. M (P, $6.50) is darker, warmer (85% similar).
- ColourPop Brucie (LE, $7.00) is darker, warmer (80% similar).
Ingredients
ISODODECANE, TRIMETHYLSILOXYSILICATE, MINERAL OIL/PARAFFINUM LIQUIDUM/HUILE MINERALE, BORON NITRIDE, NYLON-12, DISTEARDIMONIUM HECTORITE, BUTYLENE/ETHYLENE/STYRENE COPOLYMER, ETHYLENE/PROPYLENE/STYRENE COPOLYMER, ISOHEXADECANE, PHENOXYETHANOL, PROPYLENE CARBONATE, SODIUM HYALURONATE, SODIUM MAGNESIUM SILVER PHOSPHATE, TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, TRIPEPTIDE-1, XANTHAN GUM, MAY CONTAIN/PEUT CONTENIR (+/-): RED 7 LAKE (CI 15850), BLUE 1 LAKE (CI 42090), IRON OXIDES (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499), TITANIUM DIOXIDE (CI 77891)
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Insomniac
PPermanent. $20.00.
Malt
Anastasia Malt Liquid Lipstick ($20.00 for 0.11 oz.) is a deep brown with strong, warm undertones and a flat, matte finish. It had intense, opaque pigmentation in one layer, but the consistency was a little thicker but still on the more fluid side, so it felt harder to control the color on my lips. I’d recommend wiping away some of the product on the edge of the tube before applying as a full pull of product seemed to be overkill. Luckily, the liquid lipstick applied evenly despite not knowing that initially, though it took longer to dry down along the edges. It stayed on nicely for seven and a half hours and felt drying after five hours of wear.
Top Dupes
- Sephora Capricorn (98) (LE, $8.00) is cooler, glossier (90% similar).
- MAC Chocotease (LE, $21.00) is darker, cooler (85% similar).
- Bobbi Brown Brownstone (P, $40.00) is cooler (90% similar).
- Kaleidos Mahogany (P, $12.00) is lighter (90% similar).
- MAC Consensual (P, $19.00) is lighter, glossier (90% similar).
- Fenty Beauty Unveil (P, $24.00) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- MAC Patricia Bright (LE, $19.00) is cooler (90% similar).
- ColourPop Kae (LE, $6.50) is lighter, warmer (85% similar).
- ColourPop Limbo (P, $6.50) is lighter, cooler (85% similar).
- MAC Move Your Body (P, $19.00) is more shimmery, cooler, glossier (85% similar).
Ingredients
ISODODECANE, TRIMETHYLSILOXYSILICATE, BORON NITRIDE, NYLON-12, MINERAL OIL/PARAFFINUM LIQUIDUM/HUILE MINERALE, OZOKERITE, DISTEARDIMONIUM HECTORITE, BUTYLENE/ETHYLENE/STYRENE COPOLYMER, ETHYLENE/PROPYLENE/STYRENE COPOLYMER, ISOHEXADECANE, PHENOXYETHANOL, PROPYLENE CARBONATE, SODIUM HYALURONATE, SODIUM MAGNESIUM SILVER PHOSPHATE, TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, TRIPEPTIDE-1, XANTHAN GUM, MAY CONTAIN/PEUT CONTENIR (+/-): RED 7 LAKE (CI 15850), BLUE 1 LAKE (CI 42090), IRON OXIDES (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499), TITANIUM DIOXIDE (CI 77891)
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Oh i like both !!!
Insomniac is a lovely shade of teal with excellent quality! But I do have CP Getty, so I’m set with a great teal lipstick.
Malt would make for a fabulous nude lipstick for darker warm skintones, I believe!
I loooooooove Show and Teal but it’s no longer available on MAC or Nordstrom’s websites. 🙁
Any chance of you someday getting around to reviewing Sugarpill’s bullet lipsticks, Christine? There are a million swatches of their teal, U4EA, on insta and google image, but they range from comparable to Show and Teal to blackish teal, so they’re really not helpful…
Sorry, I don’t have swatches of those at this time! If I don’t have swatches, I prefer not to comment if there’s any chance or not since even something I thought I was going to review yesterday can get pushed to the bottom of the pile the next day (and never reviewed at all).
I love Insomniac! I have it in the Matte Lipstick Range.
I hit “post” too soon, sorry. I was going to say this looks darker and maybe cooler, enough different that I want to get this version.
I’m betting it would look amazing against your skintone.
Thanks! I think teals and greens work pretty well on me.
Very pretty shades. Not something I could pull off personally but lovely none the less.
Oooh Insomiac tho…. I’m just about done with liquid lipstick formulas (my lips have always been dry, but now I’m sick of drying them out further just to have a color for a few hours), but that one is gorgeous.